First-Year Engineering Program 1Autumn 2008 Engineering H191 Engineering Fundamentals and Laboratory I Lecture 05 Purdue Visualization Test Team Building Activities

First-Year Engineering Program 2Autumn 2008 Purdue Visualization Test Available through Carmen – on-line Time limit 20 minutes Diagnostic – NOT PART OF YOUR GRADE!!! You will take it again at the end of the quarter to determine gains in visualization

First-Year Engineering Program 3Autumn 2008 Objectives Discuss teamwork and why it's important Effective teams Team development Teamwork exercise Team Working Agreement

First-Year Engineering Program 4Autumn 2008 Team Building " Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part." Casey Stengel (famous NY Yankees manager)

First-Year Engineering Program 5Autumn 2008 Prior Student Experience Team Membership –Sports –Marching Band/Ensembles –Clubs (e.g. Chess) Team or Leadership Seminars –High School –Church Youth Groups –ROTC –Tau Beta Pi (Engineering 695 Seminar)

First-Year Engineering Program 6Autumn 2008 So…Why Teamwork? Industry Needs –Teamwork skills –Communication skills –Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Provides support system for students Responds to wider range of learning styles Required skill among graduates for Universities to maintain national accreditation

First-Year Engineering Program 7Autumn 2008 Enhancing Performance Individual Performance + Assembly Effect - Process Losses Team Performance

First-Year Engineering Program 8Autumn 2008 What is an Effective Team? "A small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable." Katzenbach & Smith

First-Year Engineering Program 9Autumn 2008 What it Takes to be Effective Ref: Tools and Tactics of Design 3.1.2, 5.3 Positive interdependence –All members of a team must share a common, realized goal Individual and group accountability –Each member of the team must take responsibility for both his or her work and the work of the team. –Say what you’re going to do and then do what you said!!!!

First-Year Engineering Program 10Autumn 2008 What it Takes to be Effective Ref: Tools and Tactics of Design , 7.3 Meaningful Interaction –All members do real work in a face-to-face setting. Not every team member needs to be at every meeting. Independent workgroups can be very effective as long as they are coordinated. Teamwork Skills –Effective communication, decision making, and conflict management. Group Processing –Periodic reflections on the progression of your work.

First-Year Engineering Program 11Autumn 2008 Stages of Team Development Ref: Tools and Tactics of Design Forming –As the team forms, members tend to be on their ‘best behavior’ and work on getting along Storming –As the team gets closer, conflict develops. Disagreements build and cliques appear Norming –Rules of conduct develop and members discuss their differences rather than argue Performing –As the team reaches maturity, members are open and supportive of each other.

First-Year Engineering Program 12Autumn 2008 Stages of Team Development Courtesy – Tau Beta Pi Leadership Workshop

First-Year Engineering Program 13Autumn 2008 Goals for Team Activities To provide you with an overview of team organization and team performance; To provide time for reflection and discussion on team characteristics; and To give you a chance to practice teamwork skills.

First-Year Engineering Program 14Autumn 2008 Exercise: Simply Supported Beams

First-Year Engineering Program 15Autumn 2008 Exercise: Simply Supported Beams Materials –2 sheets of newsprint –1 adhesive label or equivalent piece of tape –2 plastic cups for beam support –2 cable ties –1 weight (pipe + paper clip) Constraints –file label NOT attached to cups –weight must not touch table Note: 65 cm is from inside edge of cup to inside edge of cup. Load 65 cm

First-Year Engineering Program 16Autumn 2008 Exercise: Simply Supported Beams Once the 65 cm span has been confirmed, see how far you can increase the span. You can use one or two pieces of newspaper to maximize the span. Measure and report your longest span.

First-Year Engineering Program 17Autumn 2008 Team Organization For complex projects, it is often useful to assign roles for members of the team. Facilitator:Leads and controls meeting; makes sure that all members have a chance to speak Recorder:Creates a written record of what was discussed and what decisions were made in each meeting Referee:Keeps the discussion in line and on time

First-Year Engineering Program 18Autumn 2008 Team Working Agreement Ref: Tools & Tactics of Design – A Team Working Agreement is a list of expectations each team has for its members. These team agreements should be designed with your team in mind. The agreement is effectively a contract you sign with all members. You will be expected to abide by that contract.

First-Year Engineering Program 19Autumn 2008 Team Working Agreement Tailor your agreement to meet the specific needs of your members. All members need to be accountable for the statements in the agreement.

First-Year Engineering Program 20Autumn 2008 Team Working Agreement Each member of your group needs to have input. The agreement is a chance for all members to voice their opinion.

First-Year Engineering Program 21Autumn 2008 Teamwork Issues To Address Effective communication method Participation by all members Decision-making Problem solving approaches Management of conflict or differences Responsibilities and conduct

First-Year Engineering Program 22Autumn 2008 Team Meeting Take a few minutes to learn about each other Introduce yourselves: Name, hometown, phone or address, strengths, Start to discuss team working agreement

First-Year Engineering Program 23Autumn 2008 Peer Evaluation Peer evaluation within each team will be used to distribute points on team projects (H193). Evaluation should be based on: –Attends meetings; is on time. –Agrees to do a fair share of the assignments. –Completes assignments on time. –Attends class and lab; is on time. Actively participates in team discussions. –Listens to other team members’ contributions. –Shows respect for other team members.

First-Year Engineering Program 24Autumn 2008 Today's Assignment Team Working Agreement for Laboratory Teams –Reading Problem –Discuss Problem –Plan activities and sharing activities –Set up Experiment –Take Data –Analyze Data –Write Report